Jamie said that we’d have fun
and make a lot of money.
My sister said our plans were dumb
and laughed and called us funny.
We planned to sell some lemonade
for fifty cents a cup.
My mother helped us made a jug
and things were looking up.
A card table and kitchen chairs
were set up on our lawn.
We talked about the things we’d buy
when lemonade was gone.
Jamie said he’d buy a bike.
I planned to buy a cat,
and as we planned quite happily,
the lemonade just sat.
Finally, a man walked by,
the first to pay the price,
and as he drank the lemonade,
he said it tasted nice.
We told him all about our plans.
He laughed and said, “That’s great!”
He left – we sold a little more.
Our plans were not our fate.
Jamie said that he was bored
and didn’t need a bike.
I knew I didn’t need a cat –
we have a dog named Spike.
The total money that we made,
my mother said was dandy,
and then we went down to the store
and spent it all on candy!
The Lonely Meatball 
That is a very cute cat.
I want one!
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Thank you! If you can’t get a cat, try candy.
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Candy is dandy.
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There’s another part to that one, as I remember. 😊
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“Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker” is by Ogden Nash but didn’t seem completely apropos to the setting, lol.
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I didn’t know it was Ogden Nash! And you’re right – not quite the right setting.
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lol. Sorry. Ogden Nash is one of my favorites. I have many of his books.
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He’s wonderful!
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Good choice!
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Thank you.
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